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prospect of possessing ^ for a eoivtvderable time , four persons well qualified , some of them eminently $ Of for discharging the duties of thai * respective departments . For
the further accommodation of the students , who migbt naturally be expected to flow ill from all quarters , the trusteed deter mined to build a range of apartments , connecting the tutors' houses with ( he
Common Hall , and forming altogether a qvtadrangle , having a hamfeorae col legate appearance . But what are the expectations and schemes of man ! Scarcely bad
they accomplished one half of their pten , and t&ereby incurred * very considerable debt , than they found it prudent , and even wecessfcry , to get rid of Mr . Fors * ter : and a few months after . Jan J , ter ; and a few months afteran *
, 2 $ j 17 * 7 © , a wtent fever deprived his friends aa < d the public at ktrge orf ia man , wiiose robust conu aritutioii , uniform health , and gtfeat ' activity , promised a long contintfaiw ^ crfuseful services . His
intimate friend and eottst&trt coadjutor as a trustee ctf rhe Warpi ngtoii ' Aeurfeifty , the Rev : Philip rtoBfclid , of Ikdt&f * , preached his fuwrerf sermon * m which his wb $ le character is drawn with
tffch simplicity of troth , while the colouring fe ke ^ t down with such a delicacy e # fritfnd&hip , a » pen * ders it an admirable mocfcel for discourses of ttis kind ^ Hav ing been fovrnd by feis n ^ pht * ws among his papers after his decease , it was
wddg ^ t by tkem , whHe engaged in the task of preparing his Fosthui ^ ou s Sermons for tbe press , thai this wcarid be a « interesting appendage to trie > Sc ? rmon on the Importance of l !> arm « gy and bi » Chahitller of the € hriwit » n P reachu ^ i iris fclind ra the « d ^ l \« w
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of that ill-fated ptiblfcation , p * 197 . The part whicb relates to Mr . § eddon ' s connection with the Academy will be no improper conclusion of this sketch ; while the affectionate address to the
students then at Warringtoo r may be read' with advantage by other young persons , who may at any time or place be engaged in a course of academical instruction .
p . 209 v ** Every good man mm feet a peculiar concern for the improvement and best interests of the eration sin
rrsing gen * As a * , cere friend to virtue and religion , it will naturally be his first and his last wish , that they may have the same influence over the minds
of others , which they have over his own ; and , in particular , that they may continue in the heart the great instruments of public and private happiness through all succeeding generations . For this reason he is extremely desirous that such methods of education .
should be encouraged and pursued , as may be likely to answer this purpose . This , one of the strongest presumptions of a good mind , was equally the character
erf ( Mir friend . He always dt * co » vered a particular regard for young persons ^ and had an unconsinon facility in adapting his conveisation to them ia such a naannarv -a *
at- the same time to canciiiate their affections and prcrtnofte their best improvement . You need not be told how great a share he bad in the plan for the education of youth , which has been carried rtK .
to execution in this place . Th * concern which he ever expressed for its support , honour , mad suxz * cessr ; the itidefotigable pains which he took for thar purpose , the in * difference which he shewed : to iam #
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1813, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2428/page/7/
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